Aaron Hernandez

Guilty Gator The story of Aaron Hernandez is one of waste: wasted talent, wasted future, a wasted life. His life and his victim's. The guilty verdict returned Wednesday in Fall River, Mass., in his trial on first-degree murder charges will mean, if appeals fail, that he'll spend the rest of his life in prison with no possibility of parole. And even if somehow that verdict is overturned, the former professional football player faces a further double-murder charge that, court observers say, is an even more open-and-shut case. What a sorry turn in a life that was once so full of promise. He murdered Odin Lloyd, a 27-year-old linebacker for the semi-professional Boston Bandits....

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The story of Aaron Hernandez is one of waste: wasted talent, wasted future, a wasted life. His life and his victim's. The guilty verdict returned Wednesday in Fall River, Mass., in his trial on first-degree murder charges will mean, if...

Aaron Hernandez, the former University of Florida superstar tight end, was convicted of murder on Wednesday just two days after Lawrence Phillips, a former University of Nebraska superstar running back, was accused in a homicide.
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The investigation and murder trial of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez cost prosecutors nearly half a million dollars, a spokesman said Friday. Hernandez was convicted in April of first-degree murder for shooting Odin Lloyd in 2013....

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